Mr. Martovhas confirmed the fact already noted in
Proletarskaya Pravda that I was not a member of the Strike
Subcommittee, and that on the committee I
opposed the clause concerning “criminal
liability”.[1]
I need now only add that I advocated not only “mitigation” of penalties,
as Mr. Martov “remembers”, but of course the complete deletion
of such a clause. There was no need for me to move any amendments, because
the draft then under discussion did not contain any such clause,
and it was Mr. F. Dan who unsuccessfully tried to introduce it (even
L. Martov found the courage to oppose Mr. F. Dan on that occasion).